Thill-coupling



(No Model.)

HIIII WITNESSES:

1-. GANDY.

THILL GOUPLING.

Patented Apr. 23, 1889.,

IIVVEIVTOR:

A TTOH/VEYS.

UNITED dTaTEs PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK GANDY, OF FREEPORT, OHIO.

THlLL-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 401,826, dated April23, 1889.

Application filed December 26, 1888- $erial No. 294,659. (No model.)

.To aZZ whom, it may concern.- 7

Be it known that I, FRANK GANDY, of Frec port, in the county of Harrisonand State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Thill-Coupling, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to thill-couplings, the object of the inventionbeing to provide for the ready adj ustment of the thill eye or head tothe socket of the axle-clip and to provide for the holding of suchthill-head in yielding contact with its supporting attachment.

To the end named the invention consists of certain novel constructionsand combinations of elements, to be hereinafter described, andspecifically pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a plan View of a thill-coupling embodying my invention. Fig.2 is a sectional view thereof, taken on line a as of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is asectional View taken on line y g of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a cross-sectionalview on line a z of Fig. 1,the thill-iron being removed. Fig. 5 is aside View of the thill-iron, such iron being shown in an invertedposition; and Fig. 6 is a View of the rear of the thill head or eye.

111 the drawings, 10 represents the axle, and 11 the bolster, to whichthere is connected a clip, 12, formed with two forwardly-extend ingarms, 13 and 14, the arm 13 being provided with a laterally-extendingstud, 15, and with an annular recess, 16, while the arm 1i is formedwith an aperture, 17, which opens out through the upper edge of the arm,as shown at a, and is provided with a side recess, 18. Between the arms13 and 14:, I mount a block, 20, of yielding material-such asrubber-said block being preferably sup ported by a pin, 21.

The body of the clip 12 is recessed just to the rear of the block 20,and in the recess so formed I arrange a spiral or other spring, 22,which bears against the axle and normally acts to force the block 20forward.

The thill head or eye 23 is made integral with the thill-iron 24, and isof proper form to receive the stud 15, the head projecting a sufiicientdistance at one side of the iron at to enter the recess 16 and asufficient distance from the opposite side of the iron to extend beyondthe arm 14, this extending end of the head 23 being provided with a cap,25, which, when the thill-head is in position, will bear closely againstthe outer face of the arm 14.

A boss or projection, 27, extends to the rear from the peripheral faceof the thill head or eye 23, this boss being so located that when thethill-iron is adjusted to a position such that it will register With theopening a, made through the top of the arm 14, the boss27 will registerwith the recess 18, and consequently the thill-iron and the head carriedthereby may be moved inward until the inner end of the thill-head entersthe recess 16, after which the iron may be turned down to the positionin which it is shown in Fig. 2, the arms 13 and 14: at this timepreventing any accidental displacement of the thill-iron, which can onlybe removed from the clip 12 by elevating the thills and bringing theirons into register with the opening a. After the parts have beenadjusted to place, the spring 22 will hold the block 20 closely againstthe thill-head and tend to bind said head against its supporting parts,thus preventing all rattling.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent l. The combination, with an axle-clip provided withforwardly-extending arms, of a block mounted between said arms, a springarranged in connection with the block, a stud carried by one of thearms, the opposite arm being apertured, and a thill head or eye arrangedto engage the stud, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with an axle-clip pro vided with forwardly-extendingarms, of a block mounted between said arms, a spring arranged inconnection with the block, a stud carried by one of the arms, a recessedaperwhich may be brought into register with the recess of the aperturedarm, substantially as described.

3. In a thill-coupling, the combinatiomwvith a clip formed withforWardly-extending. arms, one of which is provided with a stud, l5, and

ture formed in the opposite arm, and a thill head or eye provided with alug or projection IOO formed with a recess, 16, While the other is andenter the recess 16, substantially as deformed with an aperture, 17, anda recess, 18, scribed. 01: a block mounted between the arms and Tsupported by a pin, 21, a spring, 22, mounted FRAL K GANDY' 5 in arecess formed in the clip behind the block, Witnesses:

and. a thin-head formed with a projection, 27, ISAAC N. REED, said headbeing adapted to engage the stud J. T. BARRETT.

